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Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
Ann Arbor, Michigan
rjagsi@med.umich.edu

JAMA. 2008;299(3):259-260.

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During a recent radiation oncology consultation, I saw a patient who had just undergone lumpectomy for breast cancer. The patient had traveled to have her surgery at the academic medical center at which I am a faculty member, but she wished to have her adjuvant radiotherapy, which would entail several weeks of daily treatment, closer to her home in another state. She asked me to recommend someone, so I turned to my professional society's membership directory to determine whether I knew anyone in her area. I found the names of two radiation oncologists, both unfamiliar to me.

I then did something that I, in retrospect, simply cannot excuse. I noticed that one physician listed his training in the 1970s in India; the other failed to list where he had trained. I shared this information with the patient, noting that I would generally favor a physician trained . . . [Full Text of this Article]